Millionaire's son who left baby brain damaged released from jail early

A millionaire's son whose dangerous driving left a baby paralysed and severely brain damaged has been released from prison after serving only six months.

By Nick Britten

5:34PM GMT 30 Oct 2008

Antonio Boparan Singh smashed into Cerys Edwards' car while travelling at 70mph in a 30mph zone in his parents 4 litre Range Rover.

He was jailed for 21 months in April but is free having served less than a third of his sentence.

Cerys' furious mother, Tracey, said: "It's an insult to Cerys that the person who caused this was only made to serve six months of the sentence handed down.

"Cerys has been institutionalised for the last two years. My daughter was given a life sentence while he can return to his comfortable life.

"21 months for Cerys' injuries was never enough. He essentially killed our daughter that day.

"Six months sounds like a punishment you might be given for driving whilst using a mobile phone and is simply not enough for what he did to Cerys. The law needs to be changed."

Singh, 21, the heir to an estimated £130 million poultry supply business, was released early because he is not regarded as a dangerous offender. He is believed to be on the Home Detention Curfew scheme and will be electronically tagged.

He caused the crash while speeding on the wrong side of the road in Sutton Coldfield in November 2006.

Cerys, who was 11 months old, was ripped out of her baby seat when the 4x4 collided with the family Jeep as it overtook at more than 70mph. She now needs permanent care.

The family owns West Bromwich-based chicken suppliers Boparan Holdings, which trades as Two Sister Food Group, and they have featured at number 49 in a Sunday Times Rich List.

A spokesman for the family said Boparan Singh would be raising cash for Cerys now he is out of prison.